A class-action settlement against Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey over delayed health-care payments to doctors won appeals court approval on Wednesday, including $4.7 million in legal fees and costs.

However, the 10-year-old litigation, Sutter v. Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, A-5725-09, might not be over, as the doctors and medical groups who objected to the deal are likely to petition for Supreme Court review.